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Rail Minister Huw Merriman has denied claims the Government’s new Network North plan is “a fairytale” and said he is keen to “get on and deliver” the projects which have been promised.
It comes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak decided to scrap the sec…
The government has promised, for the umpteenth time in four decades, to dual the A1 between Morpeth and Ellingham – this time from part of the £36bn savings from scrapping high-speed rail (HS2) between Birmingham and Manchester.
It has also said it wil…
Rishi Sunak desperately tried to quell criticism of his decision to axe HS2’s northern leg by announcing the £36billion earmarked for the Birmingham to Manchester scheme would instead be pumped into other transport schemes.
Projects identified in the 4…
The Government has U-turned on its commitment to reopen the Leamside railway line, just 24 hours after making the massive announcement.
A restoration of the mothballed line, which runs from Pelaw in Gateshead[1] to Tursdale in County Durham[2], was inc…
Trial on charge of causing death by dangerous driving fixed for Durham Crown Court, in April (Image: The Northern Echo)A woman has appeared in court following the death of a passenger in a car she was driving which veered across a road and crashed into…